15/16 HAL Round 09 | Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets | Friday 4/12/15 ko 740pm

[Jeterpool]

A-League 15/16 Round 9 Preview - Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 33 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 6, FC Wins - 19, Drawn - 8


In Newcastle – 17 matches.
Jets Wins - 3, FC Wins - 10, Drawn - 4
In Sydney - 16
Jets Wins - 3, FC Wins - 9, Drawn - 4

Average Home A-League Crowd – 12505
Average Away A-League Crowd - 14422

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 35, FC - 52
In Sydney -
Jets – 18, FC - 26

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 10, FC - 20

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 60 (57 yellow, 3 red), FC 69 (62 yellow, 7 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - WLDDD (6 points from last 15)
FC - WDLDD (6 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (4)
FC – Alex Brosque, Filip Holosko, Matt Simon (2)

Last Result -
Jets 0 – FC 1 (Brosque 89') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 2, 17/10/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 2

Newcastle JetsSydney FC
Mark BirighittiVedran Janjetovic
Jason HoffmanSebastian Ryall
Daniel MullenMatthew Jurman
Ben KantarovskiJacques Faty
David CarneyRhyan Grant
Mateo PoljakMilos Dimitrijevic
Cameron WatsonBrandon O'Neill
Leonardo Vitor SantiagoAlex Brosque
Labinot HalitiMilos Ninkovic
Enver AlivodicChristopher Naumoff
Milos TrifunovicShane Smeltz



FIXTURE RECORDS


Biggest Win

Jets 5 (Topor-Stanley 22’, Zadkovich 29’, Brockie 38’, Brockie 87’, Abbas 90’) – Sydney FC 2 (Moriyasu 47’, Beauchamp 71’), Round 7, Season 2011/12 at Sydney Football Stadium, 05/02/2012.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Sydney FC 4 (Brosque 13’, Brosque 40’, Milligan 76 og’, Bridge 85’), Round 21, Season 2008/09 at Sydney Football Stadium, 25/01/2009.

Leading Scorers in fixture –


Jets - Milton Rodriguez, Ryan Griffiths, Jeremy Brockie, Michael Bridges, Jobe Wheelhouse (3)
FC - Alex Brosque (9)



2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubstitute AppearancesSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed - Second BookableStraight Red
1Mark Birighitti770161900100
2Daniel Mullen440036000100
3Jason Hoffman880072000200
4Nigel Boogaard660151900010
5Ben Kantarovski761153720400
6Cameron Watson752347500200
7Enver Alivodic880169910100
8Mateo Poljak880072001100
9Milos Trifunovic770262740300
10Leonardo Vitor Santiago660545001000
11Labinot Haliti21112400000
12Andy Brennan0000000000
13Ki-Je Lee660054001100
14Mitch Cooper41316300000
15Themba Muata-Marlow0000000000
17Radovan Pavicevic30306600200
18Josh Barresi0000000000
20Ben Kennedy211010100000
22Lachlan Jackson550142800000
23David Carney880171823400
24Nick Cowburn30304500000
25Brandon Lundy10107500000
27Braedyn Crowley21109200000
28Ryan Kitto20202901000
29Andrew Pawiak0000000000
40Blake Tuxford0000000000



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 1 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, Graham Arnold - 1 win, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

Scott Miller - 1 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 win, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 18 match (4 wins, 3 drawn and 11 losses = 22% win ratio)
Richard Money – 3 matches (1 wins, 2 drawn, 0 loss = 33% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 4 drawn, 1 loss = 17% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
Craig Deans - No matches
Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 losses = 0% win ratio)

Sydney FC Coach Record – Graham Arnold 50% win ratio (7 wins, 5 drawn, 2 losses)




KEY FACTS:

General

The Jets are currently 8 matches without a win against Sydney.
The last victory in Sydney was a 3-2 result in Round 2 of Season 8
The Jets haven't conceded a first half goal to Sydney in their last 6 meetings.
The Jets are currently undefeated away from home this year.
The Jets have scored the first goal in Sydney only 3 times but have won the match on each of those occasions
Should the Jets fail to score in the first half of this match, they will equal the record of 8 consecutive matches without a first half goal.
The Jet have kept their opposition scoreless in the first half of the last 4 matches.
Sydney haven't scored a goal in the last 250 minutes of play.
The Jets have won both Friday night matches this season.



Players

Ben Kantarovski will make his 100th A-League start for the club this weekend.
Vedran Janjetovic has kept 6 clean sheets in the last 7 matches against the Jets
Enver Alivodic has made 17 consecutive A-League appearance for the Jets.
No Jets player received a booking last week. This was the first time this season. Ben Kantarovski and David Carney are still one booking away from an automatic suspension.
After the substitution of Alivodic last weekend, Jason Hoffman and Mateo Poljak are the only remaining players to have played every minute so far this season.



Coaches

The last 3 results against the Jets at home for Arnold have been drawn.
But the Jets have only ever scored 1 goal in 5 matches against a Graham Arnold coached home team.
Scott Miller used all 3 substitutions for the first time in 5 matches last week.

[plague]

Doomed lose Miller out.
Football will be abysmal.

Shit club.

[leftrightout]

This one has nil all written all over it... two teams that cant score to save themselves

[Retro Jet]

This one has nil all written all over it... two teams that cant score to save themselves

If only...
Can't see any points until Saddle Aid @ home Rnd 11.

[380]

One thing is for sure , Arnold would have already planned a topic of discussion and something to bitch about after the game to deflect attention from the fact his team is playing some of the worst football of any team in the comp.

[leftrightout]

If only...
Can't see any points until Saddle Aid @ home Rnd 11.

Nah after Rd10 Adelaide will sack Amor and we will get the usual team rebound with part time manager.

[Jetmaster]

The Cove apparently joining the fan boycott this weekend which will suck the game dry of any atmosphere - can only benefit us.

[plague]

The Cove apparently joining the fan boycott this weekend

That's a shame.
Wonder if they'll do a token gesture or go to the wall like their comrades and miss the whole hour of one game of A-League football

#thestruggle

[Bon]

Nah after Rd10 Adelaide will sack Amor and we will get the usual team rebound with part time manager.

Mate, it really scares me just how spot on this prediction could be.. We always help out the teams in trouble..

[Jeterpool]

Mate, it really scares me just how spot on this prediction could be.. We always help out the teams in trouble..

Is that why our record in Perth stinks? I've always wondered

[plague]

Is that why our record in Perth stinks? I've always wondered

It stinks because we stink.

[leftrightout]

The Cove apparently joining the fan boycott this weekend which will suck the game dry of any atmosphere - can only benefit us.

This will be a change for the cove... its usually arnie and their own team sucking the game dry of any atmosphere! :gent:

[Jeterpool]

This will be a change for the cove... its usually arnie and their own team sucking the game dry of any atmosphere! :gent:

:brrr:

[MFKS]

I am doing a boycott of the game too.

What the **** is the idea of having a game on between 2 NSW teams on a Friday night??

If it Saturday or Sunday no problem.

To get to game would have to get off work at lunch time lose a few hours pay and being i work Saturday too that ****s up Saturday too

****ing stupid idea. Put the games involving 2 NSW teams on a Saturday and make it easier for both sets of fans to get there.

Call me plastic all you like but i aint sacrificing 1 and a half days pay to watch Millertime park the ****ing bus again when i can catch it on TV and still make work

FFA out

[q-money]

plastic

[380]

The Cove apparently joining the fan boycott this weekend which will suck the game dry of any atmosphere - can only benefit us.

They won't be missing much, some of the shite the Smurfs have been playing this season.

[hawk]

The Cove apparently joining the fan boycott this weekend which will suck the game dry of any atmosphere - can only benefit us.

If anyone was serious in kicking the FFA in the ass they would be organising a rebel competition.

[lquiquer]

If anyone was serious in kicking the FFA in the ass they would be organising a rebel competition.

Yes Senator / MP ..... :wink:

[joel31]

If anyone was serious in kicking the FFA in the ass they would be organising a rebel competition.
How would you get A-League players who would be putting their careers on the line to join?

[stopper2]

If anyone was serious in kicking the FFA in the ass they would be organising a rebel competition.

Speaking of a rebel competition, at least when Kerry Packer started the breakaway WSC in the 70's he pumped his own money into it to make sure it got up and running and on the right track from the word go.
Lowy on the other hand apart from his own Westfield company providing some sponsorship deals has not put in a cent of his money, relying on government funding and loans and expecting blokes with a lot lesser money like Con and Tony Sage to keep pumping their own money into clubs....but ran FFA like a dictator from the time he took over till just recently when he handed over the baton to Lowy Jnr.

[plague]

Speaking of a rebel competition, at least when Kerry Packer started the breakaway WSC in the 70's he pumped his own money into it to make sure it got up and running and on the right track from the word go.

oh my dear lord.

[Bon]

Looks like Milos and Leonardo are in the 18 man provisional squad for tomorrow.. According to Jets facey..

[Grimario]

Looks like Milos and Leonardo are in the 18 man provisional squad for tomorrow.. According to Jets facey..

Lundy and Milos both the IN's on the Jerks facey and the god awful gallery slide show thing they do to show who is in.

[Bon]

Lundy and Milos both the IN's on the Jerks facey and the god awful gallery slide show thing they do to show who is in.

Yeah, wasn't that a pain in the ass.. Just write the fvcken list!!

[q-money]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCJ_dUNdCTI

[hawk]

we will loose

[Jeterpool]

Shaun Evans is tonight's referee. He's officiated us twice already this season - Rd 1 v Wellington and Rd 6 v Adelaide.

We had 6 bookings in the last match he officiated.

[monz6]

Shaun Evans is tonight's referee. He's officiated us twice already this season - Rd 1 v Wellington and Rd 6 v Adelaide.

We had 6 bookings in the last match he officiated.

so do the ffa now send themselves a letter and fine themselves? lol

[Jeterpool]

so do the ffa now send themselves a letter and fine themselves? lol

Anything to balance the books

[MFKS]

so do the ffa now send themselves a letter and fine themselves? lol

Legitimate Money Laundering activity if you ask me

FFA instruct ref to book the **** out of the Jets

Someone pockets money

No one none the wiser at what is really going on

Ingenius idea

[plague]

remember like 2 weeks ago when blokes were on here all like "yeah win this and we'll go top" well now it's "win this or we'll be out of the top 6".

We stink.

[The Dunster]

oh my dear lord.

Packer could barely read let alone be the brain child of world series cricket.

John Cornell was the brains behind WSC not Packer. DKL who was managed by Cornell had the idea and Cornell then got Packer involved to help bank roll it.

With respect to a rebel football competition I cannot think of an Aussie Billionaire that would be open to the idea or indeed any player manager with 10% of Cornells skill - he's probably one of the smartest blokes on the planet.

[plague]

Oh you didn't even need that much detail there Dunster. The fact people think Packer got involved and spent up out of the goodness of his heart was enough to make me chuckle.

[plague]

Plus Delvene Delaney wasn't shacking up with no idiot.
He is a very underappreciated bloke.

[furns]

How the f*ck has a discussion thread on the game tonight against SFC turned into a discussion on cricket and Kerry Packer ffs?

:rolleyes:

[Jeterpool]

Back on topic.

How good is Griff

[MFKS]

Back on topic.

How good is Griff

Great as per usual

More importantly how come in the Newy Herald today there is something about hunter person of the year and Griff never got a nomination at all????

****ing disgraceful that Newy's favourite son should be ignored like that

[plague]

How the f*ck has a discussion thread on the game tonight against SFC turned into a discussion on cricket and Kerry Packer ffs?

:rolleyes:

Because when I was a wee lad someone mentioned in front of my old man that some chick on TV was hot (can't remember who) but what I do remember was my dad filling with rage and pretty much getting ready to throw hands with the bloke because he somehow didn't have Delvene Delaney #1 on his all time game show hostess list.
After he kicked the bloke out on his ass (then kicked me out of home not long after) I googled Delvene in her prime and god damn it if he wasn't onto something.

Anyway I've never spoken to my dad since but for all his utter shitkhuntness he did have a good eye for the ladies.

Anyway so yeah let's get back to talking about Miller playing a 6-4-0 vs Arnies 6-4-0.

Goddamnit pre match talk is such bullshit.

[WolfMan]

Pre-match panel pose Miller a question along the lines of "Leonardo looks like the key to unlocking opposition defences. It must be frustrating to have him in one week and out the next?"

Cue me yelling at the tv that if Miller et al didn't run the poor bastard into the ground and actually make proactive substitutions, we might have him week in, week out!!!

[Jeterpool]

Miller needs to tell these blokes we're wearing white not blue this week

[Jeterpool]

That was a let off. Crowley would have buried that

[Jetmaster]

Always get the feeling with SFC home games that it is a Fox Fapfest with some minor mentions of the away side.

[Jeterpool]

Might as well be. They're the only ones who have the ball. We must've been told to give it back when we get it

[belchardo]

Always get the feeling with SFC home games that it is a Fox Fapfest with some minor mentions of the away side.

Did you realise sydney are in a goal drought? I've barely heard the commentators mention it at all.

[Jeterpool]

Did you realise sydney are in a goal drought? I've barely heard the commentators mention it at all.

Not at all. But I know Shaun Evans is still a bricklayer from Melbourne.

[evolution]

We'd be down by 3 or 4 if Holosko wasn't so shithouse.

[WolfMan]

We are terrible

[lquiquer]

do I really want to watch the second half??!!!

[Jeterpool]

36% possession

78% pass accuracy. Just over half the number of accurate passes as Sydney

0 shots again.

All we are finding is blue blokes. What do these guys supposedly practice each week?!?!!

Atrocious.

[Jeterpool]

If we get anything out of this we will consider ourselves extremely lucky

[lquiquer]

Crowd 9K..!!!! **** off

[Jeterpool]

Crowd 9K..!!!! **** off

You forgot capital city inflation

[evolution]

F*ck Slater stop wanking off the Cove already.

[WolfMan]

Just noticed the camera man on the near side has one of those Sky Blue Santa hats on.

Can't deny Fox Sports affiliation any longer

[evolution]

FFS!


(Not that it hadn't been coming though)

[Couscous]

I do not like Sydney FC.

I shall support the Jets this evening.

[Jeterpool]

That was all Kanta's fault. Passing has been shit all night

[Jeterpool]

50 goals for Brosque. 11 of them are against us

[Jeterpool]

Cowburn and Cooper for Watson and Kitto

[Jetmaster]

Highlights our major problem this season. We give the ball away far too easily.

[belchardo]

Silver linings, the first 5 minutes of this half was pretty good.

[Hunter403]

Who was that moron that passed it straight to Sydney for the goal. Unforgivable. Get him off.

[WolfMan]

I understand Carney is naturally Left-Footed, but FFS use your right once in a while! Every bastard knows you only have 1 decent peg, and you're getting exposed as a fraud.

Whatever he's on, you can halve it and it's still too much. Get rid

[Jeterpool]

Who was that moron that passed it straight to Sydney for the goal. Unforgivable. Get him off.

Kanta

[Jeterpool]

This is an interesting move

[Hunter403]

Kanta

will have to watch the replay. Thought it was Jackson. Either way it was an appalling error

[Jeterpool]

With our passing accuracy tonight I think 3 at the back is going to leave us exposed

[lquiquer]

With our passing accuracy tonight I think 3 at the back is going to leave us exposed
U think?

[Hunter403]

Exposed could be an understatement.

We really offer nothing in attack.

[belchardo]

There just seems to be zero accountability in this team.
Drop off your man - no problem.
Poor pass - don't worry about it.
Don't push back in defence - that's ok.
Terrible cross - better luck next time.
Don't push on in attack - we get that you're tired.

So frustrating!

[belchardo]

With our passing accuracy tonight I think 3 at the back is going to leave us exposed

You're just trying to set captain obvious up, right? :rof:

[Hunter403]

Enver having another shocker

[Jeterpool]

U think?


You're just trying to set captain obvious up, right? :rof:

Yeah the captain is off duty it seems

[Hunter403]

Well there goes our best chance of snatching a draw

[Jeterpool]

I'm getting a bit over watching teams just pass around us like we're ****ing statues

[Jeterpool]

No Cooper again!?!!?

[belchardo]

Did we have a pavicevic a few years ago? Merjan or something. Went off to the nix. Any relation to radovan?

[belchardo]

I'm getting a bit over watching teams just pass around us like we're ****ing statues

Well, at least it makes a difference from looking like traffic cones.

[Jeterpool]

Did we have a pavicevic a few years ago? Merjan or something. Went off to the nix. Any relation to radovan?

Pavlovic mate.

[belchardo]

They all sound the same to me. :gent:

[belchardo]

Sigh. Lucky holosko is garbage and that birraz has a big arse.

[Hunter403]

Racing down the table

[Jeterpool]

Well that's it. Can't wait to unleash on the jetstream on Wednesday

Injuries and lack of depth at killing us

[Imyourhero]

In all fairness to Cowburn, if we don't snap him up I really hope somebody else does. In comparison to other A league regulars the kid deserves to play.

[Jeterpool]

In all fairness to Cowburn, if we don't snap him up I really hope somebody else does. In comparison to other A league regulars the kid deserves to play.

We started to assert ourselves when he came on

[ForeverRed]

Enver having another shocker
That's about 15 in a row for him, terrible player

[Jetmaster]

The blue fapping continues on Fux...wtf did Hoole do?

[front2]

Congrats Miller. Pass mark. We are very hard to score against. The effort is certainly visible. Of course the frustration in attack is evident. Stay united. We ain't that bad. I'm sure the results will improve as teams dread playing Newcastle.

[sammydog]

Well that's it. Can't wait to unleash on the jetstream on Wednesday

Injuries and lack of depth at killing us

That's exactly our problem. We need kanta and leonardo in the mids. When they aren't, we are shite.

[plague]

Congrats Miller. Pass mark. We are very hard to score against. The effort is certainly visible. Of course the frustration in attack is evident. Stay united. We ain't that bad. I'm sure the results will improve as teams dread playing Newcastle.

oh man.

[hawk]

That's exactly our problem. We need kanta and leonardo in the mids. When they aren't, we are shite.

The guy who passed to brosque for them to score. Kanta is a fringe player, slow as fk. soon as we get* some decent mids he's bench baby

*will never happen

[front2]

No faith plague? Yeah we are ugly. Better than being how many goals will we concede. I hate losing too.

[hawk]

No faith plague? Yeah we are ugly. Better than being how many goals will we concede. I hate losing too.

fair enough but we are the North Sydney bears. 70yrs is a long time till we win the next comp.

[plague]

No faith plague? Yeah we are ugly. Better than being how many goals will we concede. I hate losing too.

you realise if you lose by one, or you lose by 20, you still lose right?

[MFKS]

There's playing ugly and there's playing ugly like we do

FFS
Just lump it long hoof it into the box go route 1if need be

The players we have are not talented enough to be clever in attack

Play 2 up front and hoof balls into them all day and see what happens


Can't go any worse than the shit we dish up now

[furns]

#foreverseventh

Its coming

[joel31]

This is another one of those nights where I speculate about my life decisions. That was another dreadful performance. We deserve the wooden spoon! Whatever Miller is trying to get to work clearly doesn't. He has no plan B. Sydney were cutting us to pieces. Yes injuries in defence hurt us but before you get through defence you need to get past 6 other players. We deserved to lose 5-0 and would have if Holosko wasn't a dud. Why do I keep watching these blokes play?

[joel31]

#foreverseventh

Its coming
Nah
#foreverspoon

[front2]

Reality check Plaque. I guarantee in one of any polls the Jets would prefer to lose by one rather than twenty.

[The Dunster]

Take Brosque out of Sydney's line up and shuffle one of their midfielders into centre back alongside their third choice centre back and they would no doubt have looked just as woeful as we did last night.

Kitto was a complete failure tonight and why he wasn't hooked for Cooper to replace I do not understand.

Cowburn must get a start next week surely ? The kids doing everything right and totally looks like he belongs in the team.

I'm not that worried about the result though. Of all the losses against Sydney over the years that was one of the least painful.

[Jeterpool]

This is another one of those nights where I speculate about my life decisions. That was another dreadful performance. We deserve the wooden spoon! Whatever Miller is trying to get to work clearly doesn't. He has no plan B. Sydney were cutting us to pieces. Yes injuries in defence hurt us but before you get through defence you need to get past 6 other players. We deserved to lose 5-0 and would have if Holosko wasn't a dud. Why do I keep watching these blokes play?

In fairness Miller did have a plan b. He moved to 3 at the back which I thought was going to be suicidal but turned out ok.

The positive difference when Cowburn came on was immediately noticeable

[Jeterpool]

Take Brosque out of Sydney's line up and shuffle one of their midfielders into centre back alongside their third choice centre back and they would no doubt have looked just as woeful as we did last night.

Kitto was a complete failure tonight and why he wasn't hooked for Cooper to replace I do not understand.

Cowburn must get a start next week surely ? The kids doing everything right and totally looks like he belongs in the team.

I'm not that worried about the result though. Of all the losses against Sydney over the years that was one of the least painful.

But I guess the thing is take Brosque, Jurman, Ryall and Ninkovic out of their team and they bring have to adjust like we did. They have the luxury of bringing in Smeltz, Faty, Anderson and O'Neill to cover. Most other teams would be in our predicament with square pegs in round holes.

The injuries are killing us at the moment and it reflects on how we've managed our salary cap. But we knew this year was going to be like it (a building year). In saying that the emergence of Jackson is something positive to come from the situation.

The still doesn't make it easier to watch or take. And Cooper must have done something really bad to still not get a look in

[rhysd]

Our best 11 is a good side. Unfortunately when we are missing our 2 CBs, who are ball players, and Leonardo it makes for an amazingly different game.

Depth was always going to be an issue.

[MFKS]

Our best 11 is a good side. Unfortunately when we are missing our 2 CBs, who are ball players, and Leonardo it makes for an amazingly different game.

Depth was always going to be an issue.

Sure we have depth issues

But to call our best XI a good side is complete and utter bullshit.

Our best XI is not as good on paper than any Jets side we have had in the last 10 years.

It ain't even close

We have the worse best side on paper in the HAL bar the Gypos maybe


As for our depth issues. Complete and utter bullshit that it is anyone's responsibility than the clubs management.

We still are spending at least the minimum of the salary cap so we ain't that far behind the likes of Nix Adelaide Roar etc in player payments. Compare the value they get from their squads and what we get

All I know is there are a few blokes in our squad who are definitely paid well above what the market rate would be for them.

Seriously where the **** is our $2. something million going to???

I not seeing the quality players

[WolfMan]

Agree with member, in that there are a few players we are paying massive overs for.

Thankfully, at least 1 of them is coming off contract at the season's end.

Of course, wasting extra money on unworthy players has a trickle-down effect, which we are seeing in the squad's lack of quality in depth especially.

Miller and co can only play with the cards they've been dealt to a certain extent. I will say I was happy to see substitutions made before the 80th minute this time, giving the new players half a chance to assert themselves

[The Dunster]

Agree with member, in that there are a few players we are paying massive overs for.

Thankfully, at least 1 of them is coming off contract at the season's end.

Of course, wasting extra money on unworthy players has a trickle-down effect, which we are seeing in the squad's lack of quality in depth especially.

Miller and co can only play with the cards they've been dealt to a certain extent. I will say I was happy to see substitutions made before the 80th minute this time, giving the new players half a chance to assert themselves

Playing to the cap means nothing when you consider that Sydney and Melbourne are well and truly over the limit. No way is Sydney not rorting the cap.

It's not been easy for the Jets to attract players either given the financial situation at the club, past managers / coaches, and the fact we are not in a capital city.

if Sydney can get a player for $140k that same player will probably cost twice that much to bring to Newcastle. That is the reality of it all.

We can never ever be competitive in this league under the current rules - regardless of our ownership situation.

[parksey]

There just seems to be zero accountability in this team.
Drop off your man - no problem.
Poor pass - don't worry about it.
Don't push back in defence - that's ok.
Terrible cross - better luck next time.
Don't push on in attack - we get that you're tired.

So frustrating!

so true

it's now 3 wins in 9, miller being exposed as a one trick pony who has no real rhyme or reason to his play and plays favourites with the players.

we're going to be lucky to make the finals.

[The Dunster]

so true

it's now 3 wins in 9, miller being exposed as a one trick pony who has no real rhyme or reason to his play and plays favourites with the players.

we're going to be lucky to make the finals.

How can it be any other way ? None of us have the $20m or so it would take to be competitive for one season let alone the next five seasons.

Just on marketing alone the Big clubs have us nailed due to their exposure through fox and SBS.
We don't have the ability to change the rules with respect to marquee players to suit us and so on.
Under a salary cap with minimum wages and no marquees we would be a lot more competitive. But nobody wants that so it would seem.

So we either get used to not winning or keep whining about shit we can't fix without a shit load of money.

[plague]

this was never* a problem when Con was in charge.
















*shhhhhhhhhhh

[rhysd]

Sure we have depth issues

But to call our best XI a good side is complete and utter bullshit.

Our best XI is not as good on paper than any Jets side we have had in the last 10 years.

It ain't even close

We have the worse best side on paper in the HAL bar the Gypos maybe


As for our depth issues. Complete and utter bullshit that it is anyone's responsibility than the clubs management.

We still are spending at least the minimum of the salary cap so we ain't that far behind the likes of Nix Adelaide Roar etc in player payments. Compare the value they get from their squads and what we get

All I know is there are a few blokes in our squad who are definitely paid well above what the market rate would be for them.

Seriously where the **** is our $2. something million going to???

I not seeing the quality players

Everyone has a right to an opinion, I guess.

[q-money]

that game says more about how far sydney are off the wagon than it does about us tbh

[Jetmaster]

We just need to accept that there are four clubs in this competition, especially the way Fuxsports goes about things. Roar is the fly in the ointment but the rest of us are falling off the pace.

[plague]

We just need to accept that there are four clubs in this competition, especially the way Fuxsports goes about things. Roar is the fly in the ointment but the rest of us are falling off the pace.

"We need to accept that some clubs are better than others except for the ones that are good for other reasons and the ones who perform above and beyond expectations then we can just pass this off as an anomaly and go back under our tin hats and moan that the world hates us and it's not our fault we are such trash"

Good speech my breh.

[hawk]

We just need to accept that there are four clubs in this competition, especially the way Fuxsports goes about things. Roar is the fly in the ointment but the rest of us are falling off the pace.

We suckers propping up the comp forever. get used to it. As said earlier our top side is most others bench side and its been that way for years. wake me up when its going to change.

[MFKS]

Everyone has a right to an opinion, I guess.

An opinion is one thing.

I am just calling you on your bullshit claim that we have a good first choice side.

I would trade every other clubs playing roster bar the Gypos for ours in a heartbeat.
I am sure Millertime would too

[MFKS]

We suckers propping up the comp forever. get used to it. As said earlier our top side is most others bench side and its been that way for years. wake me up when its going to change.

Enjoy your long sleep then Hawk
***

Not changing anytime soon. We are 3-4 years away from getting a title contending side

[The Dunster]

Enjoy your long sleep then Hawk
***

Not changing anytime soon. We are 3-4 years away from getting a title contending side

You should be too busy Karma Sutrasizing your new bird to be worried about this football shit Member.

[rhysd]

An opinion is one thing.

I am just calling you on your bullshit claim that we have a good first choice side.

I would trade every other clubs playing roster bar the Gypos for ours in a heartbeat.
I am sure Millertime would too

And dribbling is another

[MFKS]

You should be too busy Karma Sutrasizing your new bird to be worried about this football shit Member.

Will be soon enough ***

Not really worried about it too much. I am pretty certain she is gonna kill me at some stage ***

[Blackmac79]

Mediocre Newcastle is good for the league.

We still get 10k crowds. Nobody else is missing out. Ffa wins all round.

[plague]

Mediocre Newcastle is good for the league

They aren't even good enough to be mediocre.

[Mark325]

A lot of players really need to start proving themselves soon if they want to be re-signed for next season. Birraz, Jackson and Leonardo should be re-signed definitively. Kanta, if he gets more chances to play in mid I think can earn it but honestly, the rest going off contract should get cut. All wasting space and money that could go to better players.
Also, sign Cowburn

[Jetmaster]

Can someone explain to me how come Andy Brennan has been our second favourite goalscorer on the Fux Sportsbet link the last couple of games? He was paying $12 on Friday night.

[Thomas477]

Can someone explain to me how come Andy Brennan has been our second favourite goalscorer on the Fux Sportsbet link the last couple of games? He was paying $12 on Friday night.

Shows how much they rate our chances tbh.